Swimming Upstream in the University of Life

Jameelah X. Medina, M. Ed., contributor to I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim, will talk about her experiences as a third-generation African American Muslim in mainstream society and in the Muslim community, before and post-9/11, with the focus on the shift that has taken place after 9/11. She will also discuss her experiences with post-9/11 airport culture and the politics of the headscarf in that space.